Pronouns for ESL English

Pronouns

What do you know about pronouns?

What is a pronoun?

What are the examples of pronouns?

Definition:

A PRONOUN is a word that is used in place of a NOUN (substantive).

It can be someone, something, any animals, ideas and abstract nouns.

Type of Pronouns

1. Personal Pronouns (Subject and Object pronouns)

2. Reflexive/ Intensive Pronouns
3. Demonstrative Pronouns

4. Possessive Pronouns

5. Relative Pronouns
6. Interrogative Pronouns

7. Indefinite Pronouns

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1. Personal Pronouns


- Subject Pronouns
Examples?

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1. Personal Pronouns
Subject Pronouns

I
You
He, She, It
We
You
They

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1. Personal Pronouns


- Subject Pronouns
Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they

- Object Pronouns
Examples????

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1. Personal Pronouns


- Subject Pronouns
- Object Pronouns

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1. Personal Pronouns:
- Subject (I, you, he, she, we, it, they)
- Object (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)

2. Reflexive Pronouns: when a subject perform an action on itself, the sentence use reflexive pronouns after the verb

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1. Personal Pronouns:
- Subject (I, you, he, she, we, it, they)
- Object (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)

2. Reflexive Pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves)
3. Demonstrative Pronouns: point out a person or thing

examples: this, that, these, those

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1. Personal Pronouns:
- Subject (I, you, he, she, we, it, they)
- Object (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)

2. Reflexive Pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves)
3. Demonstrative Pronouns (this, that, these, those)
4. Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs)

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1. Personal Pronouns:
- Subject (I, you, he, she, we, it, they)
- Object (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)

2. Reflexive Pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves)
3. Demonstrative Pronouns (this, that, these, those)
4. Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs)
5. Relative Pronouns: used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun [to add more information].

who- for people
which- for things/objects/ animals
that- for people and things
whose- for possession

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1. Personal Pronouns:
- Subject (I, you, he, she, we, it, they)
- Object (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)

2. Reflexive Pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves)
3. Demonstrative Pronouns (this, that, these, those)
4. Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs)
5. Relative Pronouns ( who, which, that, whose)
6. Interrogative Pronouns: are the same as the relative pronouns, but they are used in interrogative sentences: who, which, what, whose, where, when, why

5. Intensive Pronouns: similar to reflexive pronouns but have different function in a sentence (only to add emphasis)

eg: yourself, myself [I told Ain that you yourself will bake the cake]

6.

7. Demonstrative Pronouns: point out a person or thing

eg: this, that, these, those

8. Interrogative Pronouns: pronouns to ask questions

eg: who, whom, whose, what, which

Let's continue!

1. Personal Pronouns:
- Subject (I, you, he, she, we, it, they)
- Object (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)

2. Reflexive Pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves)
3. Demonstrative Pronouns (this, that, these, those)
4. Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs)
5. Relative Pronouns ( who, which, that, whose)
6. Interrogative Pronouns (who, which, what, whose, where, when, why)
7. Indefinite Pronouns: refer to people or things but they don't have a specific person or thing as a reference.

eg: some/any/every/no + thing/body/one/where/time

Indefinite Pronouns

Fill in the Blank

7. Look at __________ birds up there in the tree.

Now let's Practise

Open Ended

Give examples of Personal Subject Pronouns

Open Ended

Give examples of Personal Object Pronouns

Open Ended

What type of pronouns are the following: myself, yourself, ourselves etc.

Multiple Choice

When do we use WHO?

• for people

• for things

Multiple Choice

When do we use WHICH?

• for people

• for things

Open Ended

Give examples of interrogative pronouns

Open Ended

Give examples of indefinite pronouns

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